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This just goes to show you can prove anything with statistics! *Ho ho ho!*
the following is a true yet somewhat funny (IMO) scientists explanation of why santa
can't possibly exist:
Scientists have tried to answer the question, "Does Santa come with flying reindeer
to deliver presents at Christmas?" This is what they have found:
1. No known species of reindeer can fly, but there are 300,000 species of living
organisms yet to be classified. Although most of these are insects and bacteria, this
does not rule out flying reindeer.
2. According to the Population Reference Bureau, 378 million people celebrate Christmas
worldwide. With an average of 3.5 children per home, that's 91.8 million homes for
Santa to visit.
3. Thanks to different time zones, Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with,
assuming he travels east to west. This works out to 822.6 visits per second. That
means for each celebrating household with at least one good child in it, Santa has
1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill
the stockings, place presents under the tree, eat the cookies and return to the sleigh.
4. Assuming that all 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed throughout the earth,
the total trip time will be 75.5 million miles. That means Santa's sleigh must move
at 650 miles per second, 3000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison,
the fastest man-made vehicle on earth (the Ulysses space probe) moves at 27.4 miles
per second.
5. Assuming that each child get nothing more than a medium-sized Lego set (weighing
2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying a payload of 321,300 tons, not counting jolly ol'
Saint Nick himself.
6. A standard reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even if flying reindeer
might pull 10 times more than a normal reindeer, Santa would need 214,200 reindeer
to pull the sleigh. The reindeer, payload, Santa and sleigh would therefore weigh
more than 353,430 tons. This is four times the weight of the Q.E. II cruise ship.
7. This 353,430 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates tremendous air resistance,
heating the reindeer in the same manner as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere.
The lead pair of reindeer would therefore absorb 14.3 quintillion joule of energy,
per second, each.
8. The lead reindeer, as a result will burst into flames, exposing the reindeer behind
them and creating massive sonic booms in their wakes. The entire reindeer team will
be vaporized within 0.00426 seconds. Santa will be subjected to centrifugal forces
17,500 times greater than gravity. Assuming that Santa weighs 250 pounds, he would
be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,375,000 pounds of centrifugal force.
Oh come on!, let's not spoil a good story with facts! *ho ho ho!* Merry Christmas everyone!
boring
Why post to it if it's boring? Real smart of you. Pointless
lol.....that was funny, but to be honest, i still think santa is real
That is all very fine, but those scientists have forgotten one of the most important formulas in physics…they have failed to take into account the actions of Santa’s elves.
Now since elves have not yet been classified in any taxonomic category, we are not sure of their true capabilities. Since we are classified as Homo Sapiens, I suggest we classify them along the lines of Magico Sapien. Among their alleged capabilities are both time warping and heat ablation.
This being the case, it is always December 24th anywhere in their sphere of influence, and heat disapates off them and the surrounding surfaces much like on the space shuttle. This means that they have unlimited time to deliver presents, and that the heat of re-entry does not effect them, or the things in their immediate area, such as reindeer or sleighs.
Albert Einstein work was quite misunderstood in this area. His formula, E=Mc squared did not refer to relativity per se, but refered instead to Christmas. The actual formula was:
Elves=Merry Christmas squared.
So that is how Santa does his work…through the magic of elves. It’s been scientifically proven.
I don't believe in santa Clause. Wouldn't his size make it impossible to get down a chimney anyway? It's just a fairy tale parents made up to get their kids excited for Christmas. Here's my theory. The parents go and get the presents, do an excellent job of hiding them, and then once the kids are tucked in bed on christmas eve, they, the parents, bring out the gifts and put them under the tree. santa does not exist.
Ah...but you are forgetting the elven magic. Think about Keebler cookies.
think what you will joanna, santa's real
Give me some actual proof and I'll believe it when I hear reindeer prancing on the roof.
I figured out the whole Santa hoax at a very early age. the first time I actualy saw what a chimney looked like, and thought of some of my, um, bigger relatives on my Dad's side, I realized that there was no way anyone was fitting down a chimney, le alone a fat guy. It all unraveled from there real fast.
Santa does exist. He exists in the hearts of many children who believe he is so and in the hearts of some adult that still have hope. He exist in the stranger that passes and wishes you a good day. He exist in all good deeds no matter how small are big. No I have never seen a jolly fat man with flying reindeer but I have experienced first hand what he represents many times. That special magical feeling of receiving with out knowing why or where it came from. Also the other side, giving or helping a stranger and then some thing unexplained happens that leaves you with that feeling of whoa. Magic is all around you miracles just waiting to be seen. You wont find then at the stores or in a pretty wrapped box, but you can find them all around you. One year on a winter night a man asked if we wanted to buy a child's jacket and we didn't have any children but Tim thought he needs the money so he gave it to him and took the jacket. We walked further to where we were going to go get some thing to eat at a taco truck and a man approached us and asked if we could buy him a taco, not for him but for his little girl. We saw a lil girl and her mother sitting in a car where it looked as if they were living in. she had a little white t-shirt and pants not dressed warmly at all. We paid for their dinner and were about to walk back home and then remembered the jacket. Called the man back and said look we got this jacket, it's nice and for a child you think it might fit your little girl? He said looks like it may be to big but it will keep her warm. the little girl beamed and looked so happy she tried it on and it fit perfectly. As if it were made to her size. It was the most awesome feeling. So yeah I believe in the spirit of santa. That is my favorite christmas memory. I have many but that one is my favorite one. Merry christmas all.
And let's just put it this way. It's fun to use Santa as a metaphor to cling to that particular symbol of Christmas.